Infrastructure
Big Dig Successfully Cuts Commute Times
A new report shows that Boston's Big Dig has reduced commute times, improved access to Logan International Airport, and will continue to create thousands of jobs for the seven billion dollars worth of private investment expected to occur in its wake.
ULI's Special Report On The Gulf Coast
It has been five months since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast. Urban Land publishes a 24-page special report with an overview, recommendations, and essays from urban planners, local business leaders, developers, architects, and academia regarding the future of the Crescent City.
New York City's Own 50-Year Big Dig
600 feet below Manhattan is one of the biggest urban infrastructure projects in history, yet most city residents do not even know about this 50-year water project.
Linking Housing And Transportation To Define Housing Affordability
This brief describes a new information tool developed by the Urban Markets Initiative to quantify, for the first time, the impact of transportation costs on the affordability of housing choices.
Pessimism Over India's Urban Future
The Prime Minister's claim that the 21st century will be India's century seems doubtful given the 'squalid' rural village conditions and 'urban hellholes.'
Fixing The 1,000 Mile Pothole
State governors are risking their political capital on mega-fix-it projects at the statewide level, from the "Trans-Texas Corridor" to a $222 billion California infrastructure improvement plan.
Cell Phone Towers Ugly But Allowed
A federal appeals court rules that cities cannot block construction of the towers for aesthetic reasons alone.
C'est Levee?
The Common Dreams website's quick visual reference guide to levee construction around the world -- and how woefully inadequate American levees were in New Orleans.
An Inside Look At The Skyways Of Downtown Minneapolis
How and why Minneapolis built the nation's largest skyway system.
Governor's Commission on Recovery, Rebuilding, and Renewal Report Published
The Governor's Commission on Recovery, Rebuilding, and Renewal's final report to Governor Haley Barbour is published on the web.
San Francisco's Architecture Puts It At Risk
Nearly 100 years after the city's devastating 1906 earthquake, San Francisco's architecture still leaves it particularly vulnerable to another temblor.
Supply and the Land
Cities are spending millions on land to protect water supplies.
Is Schwarzenegger's Megabond The Right Way To Invest In Our Future?
California's Governor wants to borrow billions for infrastructure spending. Where's the plan, asks Rick Cole, city manager of Ventura, California.
Urban Planning In Its Most Primitive Form
The emerging and controversial Israeli barrier wall is in some ways a model of planning reduced to its most primitive goal: separation.
The Enormous US Dam Problem No One Is Talking About
While Congress quickly approved $3 billion to restore New Orleans' levees, a bill to help states repair aging dams has languished for a year.
The Transformation of the San Francisc's Transbay Terminal
Will San Francisco finally get its train station? Plans are underway to create the "Grand Central Terminal of the West" from the underused Transbay Terminal.
The Case For 'Passive Survivability' In Building Codes
The concept of 'passive survivability' includes measures that protect inhabitants during disasters. Should these measures be incorporated into building codes for civic buildings?
The New Orleans Levee Mess
The Los Angeles Times runs an in-depth investigation into the uneasy partnership between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and New Orleans levee commissions that led to the disastrous failure of several levees.
Stormy Transformations Along America's Battered Gulf Coast
The Orlando Sentienl presents a compelling multimedia presentation about "America's Battered Gulf," and a compilation of stories about the gulf.
Innovating Southern California's Goods Movement System
Former California governors, Jerry Brown, George Deukmejian, Pete Wilson and Gray Davis team up to propose a better system for handling the environmental impacts of increased trade in Southern California's ports.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
Gallatin County Department of Planning & Community Development
Heyer Gruel & Associates PA
JM Goldson LLC
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Jefferson Parish Government
Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Claremont
